24Synonyms found for algorithm

Word Origin & History

algorithm 1690s, from Fr. algorithme, refashioned (under mistaken connection with Gk. arithmos "number") from O.Fr. algorisme "the Arabic numeral system," from M.L. algorismus, a mangled transliteration of Arabic al-Khwarizmi "native of Khwarazm," surname of the mathematician whose works introduced sophisticated mathematics to the West (see algebra). The earlier form in M.E. was algorism (early 13c.), from O.Fr. Modern use of algorithmic to describe symbolic rules or language is from 1881.

Example Sentences for algorithm

The company uses an algorithm to figure out how long it will take for any order, at any time of day, at any restaurant.

As their name implies, genetic algorithms employ trial-and-error to mimic the way natural selection works in the living world.

Meanwhile, these algorithms tend to see the market from a machine's point of view, which can be very different from a human's.

The decision to surface is made by an algorithm that depends on a mathematical function called a wavelet.

Those chips temporarily hold data, including the keys to modern data-scrambling algorithms.

They do that by scrambling data on the basis of a mathematical algorithm.

And lesson plans are generated by a complicated computer algorithm for the 80 students in the class.

For example, it suggests new friends using an algorithm that looks at existing ones.

Even an excellent algorithm flogs if burdened with poor data structures.

In searching engine business, you're only as good as your latest data base and search algorithm.